Yale Ranked Eighth in Northeast Region

New Haven, Conn. – The Yale women's cross
country team cracked the top ten of the US Track & Field and
Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Northeast region
rankings, jumping to eighth place on Monday, Oct. 18. Their No. 8
spot represents the highest position held by a previously unranked
team this season.

The Bulldogs have been gaining momentum since the season began.
They placed third at the Dartmouth Invitational on Sept. 11 while
the home team won. On Oct. 9, Yale finished just behind Dartmouth
at the New England Championships, by a much narrower margin than
before. Now, Dartmouth is ranked 15th to Yale's eighth in the
Northeast region. Dartmouth had held the 13th position all
season.

Yale's progress will hopefully continue when the team competes
in the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships on Oct. 29. This
historic meet will be the most significant race for the Bulldogs
this season, according to head coach Mark Young '68, the Mark T.
Young Director of Cross Country and Track and Field, because of the
opportunity to compete and place against the other seven Ivy League
schools.

Cornell (5th), Harvard (6th) and Columbia (7th) are ranked
directly above Yale in the Northeast, while Brown is 12th.
Princeton ranks third and Penn ninth in the Mid-Atlantic
region.